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Sfistofca is a village isolated by waters in the eastern part of the Danube Delta, one of Romania’s most remote areas. Earlier it was home to around 900 inhabitants who worked as farmers, fishermen or in the fish processing industry. A communal downswing lasted over decades and residents abandoned their houses with hope to begin a better life elsewhere.
Vasile remained. He lives alone among a total population of 53, affected by a constantly proceeding migration, poor infrastructure and unemployment. He suffers with alcohol abuse and the future of the community is dull. His only wish to revitalize the village to find a new meaning in life, is still unfulfilled to this day.

Crossing Patagonia on Ruta 40 through Chubut and Santa Cruz Province in Argentina until reaching Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego. Walk with us to Cerro Torre and Monte Fitz Roy near El Chaltén and see the calving Perito Moreno Glacier at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. Chile's Ruta 9 at Magallanes Province took us into Parque Nacional Torres del Paine and Carretera Austral brought us back to Aisén Province. Finally we were almost 10,000 kilomters on the road.

Octavian Grigoras, 25 and Adrian Makarenko, 31 are professional cooperate fishermen in the Romanian part of the Danube Delta, the largest European wetland and a Unesco Natural World Heritage Site.
The men are facing strict environmental requirements to ensure a sustainable fishery inside the biosphere reserve. They solely fish with the traditional method by using nets which are immersed and pulled in by hand.
Since Romania joined the European Union, the local fishermen have to compete with cheaper fish from breeding cultures from abroad which makes keeping their prices stable more and more difficult.

The sea has always been a draw to Mia.
She turns 89 this month and has been swimming in the ocean a lifetime. Everyone on the Islands knows Mia and residents use terms like “iconic” when they speak about her. Maria a Heygum was born in 1924 on the rough but beautiful Faroe Islands, located at a latitude of 62 degrees north in the heart of the North Atlantic Ocean.
“I thought it was very cold,” is how she remembers her first swim with her sister at the age of four, before there were swimming pools. “I have never been afraid of the sea”, she said. She has worn a swimsuit every day since she was fourteen. Back then, as the only girl brave enough to swim into the sea, she stealthy crossed the fjord in her hometown Vestmanna without the danger of having a spasm entering her mind. Mia never minded the average water temperature of a chilly 6 degrees Celsius during winter or brisk 12 degrees during summer. “I have to go every day” she said insistently.
At high tide she fetches her sporty swimsuit and leaves the red-and-white wooden house. Wrapped in a morning robe, she overcomes more than 30 stairs leading down to the shore. Not even a rainy day or waves breaking the cement jetty can keep her away from the exciting ritual. The warmhearted woman who is now a great grandmother recognizes that when people speak about the swimming granny, they mean her. Dressed in an old fashioned bathing cap, she parts the water with vigorous breast-strokes but never goes too far up the fjord to avoid bumping into the seals she abhors. “It is hard to define why, "I just dislike them”, she said. After stepping out the water, she quickly towels off and climbs the steep stairs back home in one go.
“The sea makes my mind feel well and cures my body” Mia says with conviction. The relaxing swim in the ocean helped her to recover when she lost weight and power after she gave birth to her daughter decades before. Inside the earth-tone coloured living room surrounded by photos from past days, showing her late husband who used to take delight in watching her swimming, Mia sips tea to warm up. Sitting by her window with its stunning view of the fjord is one of her favourite places, “I often monitor how the sea is”, she explains. “The Ocean is very deep in my heart”, is how Mia describes the best part of her day. Only sickness would keep her away from her peaceful moments in the fjord.

Isle of Barra
As the only airport in the world where scheduled flights depend on the tide and a beach is used as the runway, Barra Airport is unique. Katie was sitting there on the airport's wooden bar longing for her sister arriving from Glasgow on the next plane.
Isle of Vatersay
Donald stands alone with his worry about the new born calf, lying on the rain-soaked ground, which he tried to rescue with a milk feeding bottle.
Isle of Berneray
Gloria gets up at 6 o’clock in the morning, supplies the sheep, then prepares breakfast for her guests and finally serves tea at night. Gloria runs the Burnside Croft B&B where you can experience royal flair. Charles, Prince of Wales stayed in 1987 at Gloria’s place and undertook a week long a normal life as a crofter.
Isle of Barra
Hugh was just tidying up his fishing stuff for the departure next day when he declared this moment as his '15 minutes of fame'.
Isle of South Uist
Arcyie waited for the fishing boat at the port of Lochboisdale to start his work this morning. The port is a hub for fish, shrimp, crab and lobster which are mostly sold to Spain.
Isle of Barra
Janice and husband Robert took grandson Theo for a walk at the beach this afternoon. Usually the couple runs the popular Friday night quiz, that none local wants to miss at Castlebay Pub.
Isle of South Uist
Actually, Kevin works as a jointer but that day he played the bag pipe at a wedding at the village of Pollachar.
Isle of South Uist
Neil has already won prizes in vegetable gardening. As climate conditions are rough, he is particularly proud of his self-built tomato patch.
Isle of Scalpay
Donald is retired, of course, but he still gets up early to go fishing while the young go where the money is. Once he traveled the world and steered cruise ships but today he devotes himself to dancing.
Isle of South Uist
Ruddy was quite busy that rainy afternoon because he had to tie his cows in the stable behind him.
Isle of Scalpay
John needs a month to overhaul the fishing boat of his brother for the upcoming season.
Isle of Scalpay
Roderick was once stationed in Austria with the British Army after World War II. He gladly remembers the trip to Vienna with his comrades that time.
Isle of Barra
Marshaly gave a hand to her mother and already had dressed the lamb in a rain protection coat.
Isle of Harris
Roderick changed the oil in his car right next to the golden road.
Isle of Benbecula
James’ recent arm operation could not keep him from supplying his sheep.
Isle of Barra
Since Terry is retired from being an oil tankers steersman, he enjoys living opposite these stunning cliffs. His only
concern this morning was that his neighbours might see him with his dog Tich posing for photographers.
Isle of Lewis
Donald just finished the peat in the middle of nowhere. It is known that cutting the peat is hard work, so no wonder that he is proud of the work he had done. His house is heated with the turf all year.

Portrait of the gold digger's town of Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada. See Doug's collection of caterpillars, Gerry's rebuilt of the Midnight Sun Hotel and John anchoring the community Radio. Meet up with Jim, a Vietnam War draft dodger, Jean a cook for the men working in the goldmines, Victor, a closely retired wildlife preserver and Betty, who recently started a new life in Dawson City.

G! is a music festival in unique surroundings, taking place in the little village of Sydrugota on the rough Faroe Islands. The fast changing weather and dense fog are typical for the group of islands located in the North Atlantic half-way between Norway and Iceland. Statistically, one in ten islanders attended the festival in late July.

Werner Freund, a former German paratrooper, established a wolf sanctuary in Merzig, Germany. He has raised more than 70 animals since 1972. Spread over 25 acres, Wolfspark is currently home to 29 wolves forming six packs from European, Siberian, Canadian, Arctic and Mongolian regions. Werner has to behave as the wolf alpha male of the pack to earn the other wolves respect and to be accepted. Werner Freund died at the age of 80 years in February 2014.

A journey through Russia crossing regions where temperatures easily drop below minus 30 degrees Celsius during winter.
The Transsiberian Railway and Baikal Amur Magistrale took us from Novosibirsk through Krasnojask, Tynda and Chabarovsk to Vladivostok. In between we joined Russia's citizens and kept an eye on their most common freezing outdoor activities on Lake Baikal, Armur River and the Pacific Ocean.

Located in the Central Andes, the Cordillera Huayhuash provides beautiful Trekking routes and most superb views onto dazzling glaciers, emerald lakes and several six-thousand meter peaks. We undertook the alpine route individually which oblidged us to carry a backpack with 14 or 16 kilogramms containing all gear and food for nine days. After walking 125 kilometers, 15,000 meters of altitude, two five thousander passes and some more higher than 4,600 we reached the final point of the circle tour.